Training, Language and Culture

Farrell’s study of English as a Second Language and the importance for teachers of developing reflectivity on their work and development in the classroom is an important initiative in developing teachers’ careers and in teacher training. The key aim of this book is to show how teachers can and should reflect on the quality of their work and use what they find to improve their classroom methodology and their attitude to teaching language classes. In fifteen chapters Farrell studies the career of a Canadian ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) teacher called Roger (not his real name) and his reflection on his first to third years of teaching and its effect on his attitude to his classes and his methodology.